Chapter 90: Chapter 90: Sudden Wealth, Eight Million Energy! (Seeking First Subscription, Fifth Update)
Translator: 549690339
Influenced by the affinity with plant talent, the new batch of Spirit Grains in the Spirit Field Blessed Land was almost ready to be harvested.
Su Xing, unusually, did not immediately start Alchemy but instead opened up a new wasteland.
The climate within the Spirit Field Blessed Land was pleasant, highly suitable for the growth of Spirit Plants, thus allowing for seeding at any time.
The area of the Spirit Fields that Su Xing had previously planted with Spirit Grains was a whole five acres, which produced such an abundant harvest that even he couldn’t consume it all.
But now, with the talent of a Big Stomach King, Su Xing had to consider planting even more Spirit Grains; otherwise, it simply wouldn’t be enough to eat!
An initial estimate indicated that the area used to plant the Spirit Grains needed to be expanded to ten acres to satisfy Su Xing’s hunger and maintain his Big Stomach King talent.
“And those Spirit Chickens, over a hundred of them just aren’t enough for me to eat! One a day will be quickly gone… I’ve got to raise at least a few hundred to have enough,”
While saying this, Su Xing took a plump rooster out of the chicken coop, picked a few cloves of garlic, and whipped up a delicious and savory dish of braised chicken.
After quickly finishing a meal, Su Xing had eaten an entire twenty jin of Spirit Rice, a whole chicken, and several stir-fried dishes before he barely felt full.
With his stomach full, Su Xing sat cross-legged, simultaneously recovering his Spiritual Power and feeling the changes in his physique.
As expected, the Big Stomach King talent began to exert itself, and through the perception of his Divine Sense, Su Xing could feel a thread of faint energy nourishing his body.
A short while later, Su Xing’s Spiritual Power had fully recovered, and he once again started to busy himself with farming and clearing new fields.
“It’s about time to plant these Gathering Spirit Flowers as well, better to plant them sooner to enjoy them earlier!”
Meanwhile, Su Xing thoughtfully chose a piece of prime feng shui land for three precious Gathering Spirit Flowers and planted them.
After finishing the farming, Su Xing began his routine Alchemy.
Over the following week, Su Xing spent at least eight hours daily on Alchemy. Thanks to his talent for multitasking, he could refine two batches of elixirs at the same time.
This doubled Su Xing’s Alchemy speed.
However, Su Xing also identified a problem; casting the Li Fire Technique consumed too much Spiritual Power, and even the second-tier exotic metals struggled to endure the prolonged high temperatures of the Li Fire Technique.
Fortunately, Su Xing’s control over the Li Fire Technique was precise enough to adjust its temperature as needed.
After several trials, Su Xing maintained the Li Fire at an appropriate temperature that allowed for the rapid production of elixirs without using too much Spiritual Power and without causing too much damage to the second-tier exotic metal Pill Furnace.
But this was only possible when creating lower-quality elixirs. The production of medium-quality elixirs would still require higher temperatures, which would be too much for the second-tier exotic metal Pill Furnace to handle.
Soon a week passed, and within that period, Su Xing had managed to refine a total of five thousand Nourishing Face and healing Pills, and this was while he was dividing his attention between farming and planting flowers. Otherwise, his speed of Alchemy would be even faster.
That day, Su Xing filled his Storage Ring with the five thousand freshly refined elixirs and went to the villa to meet Jin Congxue.
“Eh, did you change your hairstyle? Why did you get a princess cut?”
Su Xing asked Jin Congxue, somewhat surprised.
Jin Congxue giggled, played with her hair, and said, “How about it, isn’t my new hairstyle nice?”
Upon hearing this, Su Xing nodded slightly. Jin Congxue already possessed a fine demeanor, and now with the princess cut hairstyle, she faintly gave off the regal air of a queen.
“Hehe, I’ve successfully advanced to a Grandmaster-level professional! Plus, the first batch of goods from the Lingyun Commerce Guild has also arrived—it’s like double happiness!”
Jin Congxue seemed to be in a very good mood.
Su Xing was momentarily startled. According to the original timeline, Jin Congxue’s talent wasn’t ranked that high, and she was supposed to break through to the Grandmaster level only when she was close to forty years old.
Yet now, she had made the breakthrough to a Grandmaster-level professional before thirty, a feat that could certainly be described as extraordinary.
“It seems that as time moves forward, my actions are slowly but surely altering the real world…”
Su Xing thought to himself. During this time, he had provided Jin Congxue with quite a few low-grade Essence-Nourishing Pills and occasionally gifted her with Spirit Rice, eggs, and even brought over an old hen.
All this undoubtedly helped Jin Congxue improve her strength significantly.
“The real world is beginning to change, so I must become even more careful; I can’t afford to expose myself…”
Su Xing became even more cautious in his mind.
After quickly finishing a meal, Su Xing could come close to finishing a table full of dishes by himself. The Big Stomach King talent indeed had its benefits, making every bite delicious!
Jin Congxue had gotten used to Su Xing’s voracious appetite. After the meal, Su Xing handed over the five thousand elixirs he had prepared in advance to Jin Congxue.
Jin Congxue, in turn, presented Su Xing with two Storage Rings, showing off a bit as she said,
“The acquisition of the first batch of assets from the Lingyun Commerce Guild is almost complete, and we’ve bundled and sold their previously hoarded goods as well.”
“Big boss, take a look at the first haul and see if it meets your standards?”
Jin Congxue’s tone was playful.
Upon hearing this, Su Xing eagerly opened the Storage Rings and was astonished by the mountainous pile of equipment inside; even one Storage Ring wasn’t enough to fit everything, and it took two to hold it all.
“Goodness, missy… just how much equipment is in this batch?”
Su Xing asked, somewhat astounded.
Jin Congxue replied with pride, “A total of one and a half million pieces of white-tier equipment. These are the stocks the Lingyun Commerce Guild had accumulated over the past year. How’s that? Impressive, right? And that’s not even all of it! There are still many goods from various branches of the Lingyun Commerce Guild that haven’t been collected yet. If we gather it all, there would be at least another two hundred million pieces of equipment!”